The clinical spectrum of splenic infarction

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-188

  Nores, Marcos ^a   Phillips, Edward H ^a   Morgenstern, Leon ^a,b   Hiatt, Jonathan R ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CHILD; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031935098     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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